Xolo Maridueña plays the newest superhero in the DCEU.
The Big Picture After a couple of weeks of struggling to lift its box office record off the ground, Blue Beetle has managed to earn more than $100 million at the worldwide box office. This weekend, the latest installment in the DCEU gathered around $5 million from theaters located all over the world, finally passing the significant mark, earning $101.9 million through Sunday.
Ever since Blue Beetle started its run with a disappointing $25 million opening weekend, it was evident that audiences weren't showing up for Jaime Reyes' origin story as much as similar tales that have premiered during the last decade. In the weeks since, not even the international box office has been able to help Blue Beetle, as the current iteration of the DC Extended Universe will come to an end later this year, when Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom swims towards the big screen.
In the origin story directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, Jaime Reyes recently graduated from college, and he's looking for a job that can allow him to help his family find a new home. However, Kord Industries is looking to remove them from their land in order to develop a construction project.
A Villain Without Super Powers The main antagonist of Jaime's first adventure was Victoria Kord , Jenny's aunt and the person in charge of the wealthy technological company. The executive wanted to use her resources to develop military weapons, while Jenny believed the legacy of her family should have nothing to do with using their money to end the lives of people.
Despite its poor box office turn out, Blue Beetle's story impressed both critics and audiences, earning a 78% critic score and 92% audience score on the review aggregate site, Rotten Tomatoes. It remains to be seen what role Jaime Reyes and Blue Beetle superhero alter ego will play, if any, in James Gunn and Peter Safran's budding DCU.